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Spotlight on the Farmers and Merchants Bank Restoration

… Spotlight on the Farmers and Merchants Bank Restoration August 16, 2021 Rehabilitation efforts at the Farmers and … lobby Developing and installing new exhibits for the space About the building Construction of the Farmers and Merchants … offices before being purchased in 1959 by the Willa Cather Foundation. Following efforts to convert the building for …
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Big Plans for the Publication Centenary of My Ántonia in 2018

… Image Big Plans for the Publication Centenary of My Ántonia in 2018 December 20, 2017 The Willa Cather Foundation … closely with Vintage Books as they release a special 100th anniversary edition of the novel, featuring the W.T. …
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Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial Collection Returns to Red Cloud

… Image Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial Collection Returns to Red Cloud February 28, 2019 On February 28, 2019, Willa Cather Foundation staff members accepted a special delivery as … cousin, Kyd Clutter. Additional archival items include about two hundred letters written by Cather to friends and …
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Save America's Treasures Grant Awarded for Restoration of the Willa Cather Childhood Home

… America's Treasures Grant Awarded for Restoration of the Willa Cather Childhood Home September 26, 2019 With intent to … SAT Impact Map at go.nps.gov/satmap . For more information about the grants and the Save America's Treasures Program, …
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National Willa Cather Center Selected to Appear in Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP) Program

… National Willa Cather Center Selected to Appear in Collections Assessment … are housed.” The CAP program is administered by the Foundation for Advancement in Conservation through a … protecting it from decay and destruction. Learn more about FAIC at www.culturalheritage.org/foundation . The …
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Donor Profile: Nancy and Bernie Picchi

… a major gift to our Campaign for the Future   with a generous pledge of $50,000 that was issued as a challenge prior to … husband Bernie’s career in investment research analysis, Foundation founder Mildred Bennett appealed to Nancy to … “I feel so fortunate that Mildred Bennett shared her dreams about what the Cather Foundation should and could become …
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"And now I must dress to receive the Planets, dear"—Willa Cather, Edith Lewis, Jupiter & Venus

… Image Image "And now I must dress to receive the Planets, dear"—Willa Cather, Edith … Lewis, written October 4, 1936, is in the Willa Cather Foundation Collections & Archives at the National Willa … in the West; she not very far above the horizon, and he about mid-way between the zenith and the silvery lady …
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Mary Vaughan On Why She Joined the Cather Legacy Society

… to reflect on her long-time support of the Willa Cather Foundation and why she has included the Willa Cather … Mildred Bennett’s tall presence, Sue Rosowski's generous spirit, James Woodress’s kindness, Scott Momaday’s … the Foundation, or if you would like more information about doing so, please contact :  Ashley Olson, Executive …
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NEH Awards $50,000 Covid Relief Grant for Digitizing Collections

… reopen sites, facilities, and programs. The Willa Cather Foundation received $50,000 toward the ongoing tour … a lifeline to the country’s colleges and universities, museums, libraries, archives, historical sites and societies, … proposals from around the nation. Additional information about the National Endowment for the Humanities and its …
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Safeguarding the Windows at Grace Episcopal Church

… on images in the sidebar to enlarge. When the Willa Cather Foundation was gifted the Grace Episcopal Church by the … Louis, Missouri, and Munich, Germany. Through your generous support of our Campaign for the Future , we … the first of December. While more remains to be discovered about the original fundraising and manufacture of the other …
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